269: Take Better Photos

The Goal Digger Podcast

Jenna Kutcher | Entrepreneurship, Business Strategy & Marketing

Business, Marketing

4.8 • 12.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2019

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

The one change I made that lead to major Instagram growth? Posting photos of ME. And ever since I started sharing more of ME on my Instagram feed, I’m asked who takes my photos. People wonder if I hire a photographer or go to a fancy studio every time I need a new shot for my feed.

I don’t and you don’t have to either. All you need is this episode and the willingness to try something that might feel a little uncomfortable at first.

I’m a photographer, and I know how to get the best shots of other people, but I’ve also adapted some of those same techniques to take photos of myself, and not just an iPhone selfie as arms-length away. And because you might be looking for advice on posing and feeling natural when someone else is taking a photo of you, I'm serving up some of my favorite tips for when you DO hire a photographer to get the shot (or bribe your husband or partner to do the job!)

These are my tips to feel confident taking photos of yourself and getting shots you can’t wait to share in your feed.

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Gold Digger Podcast episode number 269.
0:04.7	I think the biggest question I get asked is who takes your photos or how do you get such
0:09.6	good photos of yourself?
0:11.5	Back in episode 155 all about how I doubled my Instagram growth in a month, I share that
0:17.2	simply sharing more of me helped increase my engagement and boost my follower count.
0:22.9	I know that posting pictures of mainly you might feel weird and icky and maybe even selfish
0:27.8	or too self-promotional.
0:29.8	Especially if you're more used to showing your life over yourself, posting pictures
0:34.5	with you front and center is an odd hurdle to jump over.
0:37.7	But I want to encourage you to get out in front of your camera to show your face, be bold
0:42.2	and be you.
0:43.6	The thing is, when I started looking into my numbers and Instagram post performance stats,
0:49.2	I saw that photos with me in them did about three times better than the cute flat
0:54.4	laser, the pretty scenery or the stylish home photos.
0:58.1	I really don't care about the numbers for the sake of popularity or vanity reasons,
1:02.7	but to reframe my thinking and to consider that my social media performance reflects
1:07.9	how many people I am directly impacting and introducing to me and also my brand, it
1:13.6	makes it a whole lot easier to put myself out there when I think about it in terms of
1:17.6	community rather than self-promotion.
1:20.9	Trust me, showing up more of my feed did not feel natural at first.
1:24.4	In fact, it felt really narcissistic to be posting so much meat.
1:28.2	I remember texting my sister and being like, are you sick of seeing my face?
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